The Taylor
Swift phenomenon appears to be another sign of the de-Christianization and
re-paganization going in the United States.
Statues, graves, street names, holidays, etc., of Christian soldiers,
statesmen, missionaries, and others are destroyed, but things in honor of Miss
Swift are
increasing:
So far on her sold-out
Eras stadium tour, Swift has not responded to any of the host cities’ symbolic
offers — Tampa declared her “honorary mayor” and gave her the key to the city;
Glendale, Ariz., temporarily renamed itself Swift City; Arlington, Texas, named
a street Taylor Swift Way; and Las Vegas lit up its 80-feet-tall Gateway Arches
in colors representing all of her albums.
And what
kind of a person are these cities honoring?
An open
Leftist:
Now — this is a
Decline-of-the-West tragedy at hand — see what she released nearly a decade
later, when she came into political consciousness in the Trump era. This is
2019’s You Need to Calm Down,
which is on the surface level a love letter her gay / trans fan base, but on a
deeper level a hate letter to her traditionalist fan base of mostly Christian
girls from the 2000s. Just
watch and you’ll see, it’s loathsome and revelatory.
As it happens,
Swift the next year released a documentary about herself, Miss Americana, for
the specific purpose of showcasing her arrival at progressive-left political
consciousness.
Worse, an
open Leftist who is trying to redefine
Christianity:
The
singer-songwriter's beliefs appear to differ from the more traditional
Christian values. Mainly, this includes Taylor's support of the LGBTQ+
community as well as support for abortion access.
Taylor
told Variety in 2020 about breaking away from her previous
apolitical public persona: "This was a situation where, from a humanity
perspective and from what my moral compass was telling me I needed to do, I
knew I was right, and I really didn't care about repercussions."
In
a 2019 interview with The Guardian where she discussed her disdain for President Trump
and the current atmosphere of U.S. politics, Taylor noted that she supports
abortion rights and wants to bolster political candidates who will expand
access to it.
"Obviously,
I'm pro-choice," she said at the time, as Tennessee was gearing up to vote
on an abortion ban. "I can't believe we're here. It's really shocking and
awful. And I just wanna do everything I can for 2020. I wanna figure out exactly
how I can help."
If
one thing is clear from all of this, it's that Taylor has established her own
relationship with faith. Although her beliefs deviate from some of
Christianity's traditional values, she stands firm in her faith and the causes
she supports.
Now,
whatever the Taylor Swift phenomenon is – whether feminist
subversion/goddess worship, an intelligence agency culture creation psychological
operation, or a mass mental illness,
it is quite distinct from the Christian inheritance of western Europe’s
past. In traditional Western Christian
culture, the women who were most exalted were women like St Brigid of Kildare, Ireland:
The most venerated Irish woman
saint, St. Brigid (Bridget, Bride) lived in the second half of the fifth
century and the early sixth century. She was most probably born between 450 and
454 and reposed between c. 523 and 527. Her name means “light-bearer” (other
possible translations: “power”, virtue”, “exalted one”). In truth the saint by
the light of her virtuous life justified her name. She is often nicknamed “Mary
of Ireland”1 and “the
pillar of Ireland” and is venerated on a par with Sts. Patrick and Columba. . . .
Her
Christianity is the opposite of the ‘progressive’ version of Miss Swift:
. . .
The rest is
at https://thehayride.com/2024/02/st-brigid-vs-taylor-swift-examining-what-is-truly-beautiful-for-our-daughters/.
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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us
sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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